atw: Re: Youse
- From: Nick Shears <nshears@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:31:06 -0800
Absolutely. Macquarie, and presumably other dictionaries, will consider
including a word if they find it in wide enough use in print.
I learned this when reporting a word I considered missing. I can't recall the
word now, but it was something used frequently in software support.
Regards
Nick
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2012 1:38 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Youse
It will get into the dictionary when enough of your fellow language-owners
decide that it is part of the language.
Dictionaries describe the language as it is, assuming a level of consensus
amongst its owners / users. They don't describe the language as it might be if
proposed changes catch on!
- Michael
On 11 January 2012 14:18, Kath Bowman
<Kath.Bowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Kath.Bowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
You can invent a word, but you can't get it into a dictionary! I have been
trying to get 'engageable' into the Macquarie for a few years, without success.
Engageable - able to be engaged (in the military sense).
Cheers
Kath
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On Behalf Of Michael Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2012 12:01 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: atw: Re: Youse
Yebbut . . . The "nitwits" own the language along with everyone else; you don't
need a licence to invent a new word!
- Michael Lewis
On 11 January 2012 12:27, Rebecca Caldwell
<beckyakasha@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:beckyakasha@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Fine! Badly worded on my part ;)
I do not accept 'youse' as a word by any means, but meant that it was a 'real'
word, and not just the incomprehensible pronounciation of a nitwit.
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